12 Mar 1969
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1969
Page
1
A contact lens lost by Mrs. Robert Eagleye of Parma was found in her 4-year-old son Robert Eagleye Jr. ear. Doctors removed the eyepiece from the boy after he was brought to Deaconess hospital with a bleeding ear.
Rockefeller plans a series of trips to South America to relay views of national leaders to the White House. He will not push the good neighbor policy project on these missions.
Mission teams postpone the splashdown planned for tomorrow one orbit later due to rough seas southwest of Bermuda. NASA engineers and the spacecraft crew will adjust navigational timing as weather authorities track tropical conditions near the Atlantic.
A proposal suggests labeling the few universally safe items to reduce health risks. Advocates argue clear labels could guide choices and ease worry for consumers.
Public service employees of union local No. 1132 returned to the day shift at the University of Kansas Medical Center as a temporary restraining order blocked striking. About 75 percent of 435 workers in food, housekeeping, laundry, maintenance and central service resumed work. The hospital plans to reopen the emergency room and treats patients on an hour to hour basis as occupancy drops from 575 beds to 284. Picket lines were withdrawn after the court order was served.
Flight controllers delayed tomorrow's Apollo 9 splashdown by one orbit to avoid Bermuda storm seas. The crew favor Grand Turk island in the Bahamas with weather forecast excellent. landing now set for 11:01 Kansas City time. Recovery ship Guadalcanal speeds to the new point. mission length extends by about 100 minutes to just over 10 days.
East German border guards opened fire at dawn to stop a refugee dash toward West Berlin. The man, about 25, reached the final barrier and was taken into custody. police reported he was not injured. Moseley & Compan Business Properties Adv.
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through tomorrow. West to southwesterly winds. Precipitation chance 5 percent tonight and 10 percent tomorrow. Low tonight 20 to 25 degrees, high tomorrow 35 to 40. Humidity 84 percent at 6 am, 59 percent at 1 pm. Barometer 30.05 inches at 6 am, steady at 1 pm. River at 6.4 feet today with a 0.4 foot fall. Lake of the Ozarks at 4.6 feet below full reservoir at 6 am.
President Nixon will meet with Republican and Democratic leaders Friday to talk ABM missiles and then hold a TV radio news conference the same day. White House would not confirm a Friday decision on deploying the Sentinel shield, but expects to announce a position this week.
Jackson County prosecutor Joseph P. Teasdale ordered a full police investigation of disturbances Monday at the Interscholastic field house Swope Parkway and Meyer Boulevard. The move to seek assault charges followed a meeting in the county court building with Teasdale security officer Clifford Warren referees and their attorneys and a St Joseph school attorney. The action came after Central High principal and several St Joseph basketball fans were roughed by unruly fans after a tournament game Monday night at Southeast. Jim Vieth of the activities association said tonight’s game will be the only tournament contest affected.
By agreement of Central high school St. Joseph Missouri and Chrisman high school Independence the Class L quarterfinal basketball game will be played tonight at Northwest Missouri State college in Maryville The State High School Activities Association in Columbia announced the change The state tournament game had been set for the Kansas City Interscholastic League fieldhouse at Southeast high school
American officers expect a pause in Communist attacks after a new wave of assaults in Vietnam. They indicate the offensive phase may be over as the field reports a temporary lull and reassessment of tactics.
Viet Cong rocket and mortar strikes ease but U S officers warn the 18 day old spring offensive may pause. U S reports 126 enemy and 10 Americans killed in five ground fights, with 76 enemy killed in an abortive convoy ambush 43 miles northwest of Saigon.
President Nixon designates Reverend Theodore Hesburgh as chairman of the U S Commission on Civil Rights. Hesburgh has chaired since 1958 and is a Notre Dame president. The report notes other developments including leadership shifts in the Pentagon and political party roles.
A prize winning science writer surveys why youths experiment with drugs and what parents can do. Experts from education psychology sociology and medicine offer reasons for the drug surge and guidance for guarding children against misuse.
Hanoi Radio called Melvin R. Laird’s 1969 trip to South Vietnam an example of the United States’ hypocritical peaceful facade under President Nixon. It cited front line visits and a pledge to seek more funds to bolster South Vietnamese forces.
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